Parks

Ice Rinks & Sledding

Ice Rink and Sled Hill Status

Betty Russell Park Hockey Rink

OPEN

Betty Russell Park Recreational Rink

OPEN

Hunt Club Park Recreational Rink

OPEN

Viking Park Recreational Rink

OPEN

Christine Thompson Sled Hill

OPEN

The Gurnee Park District operates and maintains an outdoor hockey rink and three unsupervised figure skating ice rinks within the District boundaries. Weather permitting, the rinks are generally established by mid-December and maintained through mid-February.

Ice Rink & Sled Hill* Locations

Betty Russell Community Park offers a figure skating and hockey rink, a warming shelter and restrooms. The park is located in the Pembrook area at 5300 Pinewood Road (at the corner of Pinewood and Lawson Boulevard).

Hunt Club Park offers an ice skating rink and access to restrooms located inside the Community Center, 920 N. Hunt Club Rd.

Viking Park offers an ice skating rink and access to restrooms located at 4374 Old Grand Ave.

*Christine Thompson Community Park offers a sled hill located at the corner of Woodlawn and Belle Plaine Avenues.

All ice skating rinks are unsupervised and for recreational use.

Skating Hours

Monday - Friday

4:00 - 8:00pm

Saturday

11:00am - 8:00pm

Sunday

12:00PM - 6:00pm

School Holidays

11:00am - 8:00pm

Skateable Ice

The following criteria must be met in order to develop skateable ice including 5-7 inches of ground frost, average temperatures of 20 degrees F or colder for five consecutive days, a minimum of five days to spray and freeze to make ice and periodic sweeping and resurfacing as needed depending on weather conditions.